Controversy on Treatment of Lyme Disease:
Patients with persistent symptoms after standard antibiotic therapy ( a
2–4 week period recommended by the IDSA) for Lyme disease have been denied
further antibiotic treatment as a result of the assertion by the IDSA that
long-term infection is rare or nonexistent. This growing controversy
regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease is driven by the
restrictive conditions imposed on physicians and their patients by the IDSA
treatment guidelines.
Link to Raphael Stricker, MD article in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease, 2007:45 (15 July) pp 149-157 StrickerCID07Counterpoint.pdf
Link to ILADS Guidelines ILADS Guidelines.pdf
Link to IDSA Guidelines (large file) IDSA RESTRICTIVE GUIDELINES 2006.pdf
THE OVERLOOKED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND MENTAL SYMPTOMS BY JAMES HOWENSTINE, MD